Biography and education
Dr. Wooten joined the faculty at Texas State University in 2021 after she earned her Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA, in 2014. She earned her Master of Arts degree in Counseling where she specialized in Forensic Psychology from Adler University located in Chicago, IL, in 2017. Dr. Wooten completed her Ph.D. in Social Work from Louisiana State University in December 2022 where she specialized in Child and Family Studies.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Skipper, A. D., Chaney, C. D., Rose, A. H., Wiley, Jr., R., & Wooten, C. C. (2024). Sanctification of African American Couple Relationships and Relational Forgiveness. Family Relations: Interdisciplinary Journal of Applied Family Science, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.13026
- Caldwell, C., Nicks, N., Wiley, Jr., R., Curry, T., Wooten, C. C., Tilley George, E., & Chaney, C. (2024). The neo-segregation narratives: Race, racism and White supremacy - Cultural implications of “Mudbound.” In People, Politics, and Control in Organizations: Career Analysis and Perspectives. New York, New York, United States: Springer Nature.
- Chaney, C., Lee-Johnson, N. M., Wooten, C. C., Doub, D. S. C., & George Tilley, E. (2023). The Hidden Figure of a Global Crime”: From Human Trafficking to Human Rights: Complexities and Pitfalls. In Politics Between Nations: Power, Peace, and Diplomacy. Springer International Publishing.
- Scott, J., Gerson, P., & Wooten, C. C. (2023). Decarceration to detention: The political economy of mass-incarceration in Louisiana. Geoforum, 146. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2023.103851
- Chaney, C., Curry, T., Wooten, C. C., Wiley, Jr., R., Nicks, N., Caldwell, Jr., C., & George Tilley, E. (2022). Trouble in mind: On becoming a Black girl under oppressive social control, crime, and slave status. In Globalization, Human Rights and Populism. Springer International Publishing.
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: National Society of Collegiate Scholar Award, Louisiana State University. 2014

Featured service activities
- Graduate Advisor
- Member
Post Trauma Institute Steering Committee
- Member
2025 TXST AI in Teaching & Learning Symposium Planning Committee
- Member
AI Policy Development Committee
- Member
Non-Tenure Line Faculty
- Member
Curriculum Committee